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Quando Wladek Zbyszko viajou dos Estados Unidos para o Brasil para uma lucrativa turnê no
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Em abril de 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Em abril de 14, 1909, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Yussif Mahmout, a skilled Bulgarian wrestler, in Chicago, Illinois for his title. Os fãs consideraram Mahmout um desafiante difícil principalmente porque não o viram lutar. Emil Klank, Gerente de Gotch, convenceu lutadores estrangeiros com boa reputação como Mahmout e Stanislaus Zbyszko a viajar para a América para desafiar Gotch. Fãs
Aleksander “Alex” Aberg ganhou as manchetes em 1917 durante uma ação judicial sobre sua recusa em cumprir um compromisso de luta livre em Boston em março 1917. Aberg concordou em lutar contra Wladek Zbyszko, seu principal oponente durante o 1915 Torneios Internacionais de Luta Livre de Nova York, para o promotor de Boston George Touhey. However, Aberg desistiu da luta logo após assinar um acordo para lutar com seu
Depois de se casar com sua esposa Gladys e bater em Georg Hackenschmidt pela segunda vez, tanto em 1911, O campeão mundial de luta livre de pesos pesados, Frank Gotch, começou a lutar com uma agenda mais limitada. Sua esposa Gladys não era uma grande fã de luta livre e queria que seu novo marido passasse mais tempo em casa, em Humboldt., Iowa. No mundo do wrestling da época,
Clarence Whistler nasceu em Indiana durante 1856. Enquanto estava em pé apenas 5’09” ou algo assim e pesando 165 libras, Whistler foi considerado um dos lutadores mais poderosos de sua época. Whistler foi o único lutador capaz de dificultar a vida de William Muldoon durante os 9 anos de Muldoon como campeão mundial. Whistler competiu principalmente na luta greco-romana, o estilo dominante em
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a
Em Maio 17, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko’s year-long tour of America continued as he met Dr. Benjamin F. Roller in Buffalo, Nova Iorque. Zbyszko, a Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from Poland, wanted to generate interest in a potential match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. While Dr. Roller was never able to beat Gotch, he was considered one of the top American
Leading into his January 24, 1921 title match with former world champion Earl Caddock, Campeão Mundial de Luta Peso Pesado Ed “Strangler” Lewis was reputed to have injured his previous two opponents, Wladek Zbyszko and Joe Stecher, with his headlock. Lewis would use the headlock to hip toss his opponent to the floor. Zbyszko was knocked senseless, when his head hit the
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Agricultor” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 libras, “Agricultor” Burns stood 5’11” to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Burns debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, one
Em abril de 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March
On St. Patrick’s Day, Março 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans de afogamento